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James Henry (Harry) ROWSE (1890 - 1979)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	James Henry (Harry) ROWSE (1890 - 1979) + Dorothy FORSYTH	Henry ROWSE ( - 1906)	James Henry ROWSE
			Elizabeth Helen Hunn CHYNOWETH (1828 - 1908)	Joseph CHYNOWETH
		Annie Maria WHYBROW (1871 - 1946)	James William WHYBROW ( - 1915)
			Mary Jane BENSON ( - 1922)	William BENSON
				Kate BROWN

b. 1890 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1935 Dorothy FORSYTH at Queensland, Australia

d. 1979 at Queensland, Australia aged 89

Near Relatives of James Henry (Harry) ROWSE (1890 - 1979)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James Henry ROWSE
Grandmother	Elizabeth Helen Hunn CHYNOWETH	1828		1908	Queensland, Australia	80
Grandfather	James William WHYBROW			1915	Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Grandmother	Mary Jane BENSON			1922	Normanton, Queensland, Australia
Father	Henry ROWSE			1906	Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Mother	Annie Maria WHYBROW	1871	Queensland, Australia	1946	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	75
Self	James Henry (Harry) ROWSE	1890	Queensland, Australia	1979	Queensland, Australia	89
Wife	Dorothy FORSYTH
Sister	Elizabeth Hun Ann ROWSE	1892	Queensland, Australia	1975	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	83
Sister	Anne Constance ROWSE	1894	Queensland, Australia	1962	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	68
Sister	Mary Kathleen ROWSE	1896	Croyden, Queensland, Australia	1964	Victoria, Australia	68
Sister	Doris May ROWSE	1898	Queensland, Australia
Sister	Edna Pearl ROWSE	1902	Queensland, Australia	1961	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	59
Brother	Benjamin Wilson ROWSE	1906	Queensland, Australia	1966	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	60
Aunt	Daughter ROWSE
Uncle	H. COUCH
Uncle	(William) Henry WHYBROW	1869	Queensland, Australia	1901	Queensland, Australia	32
Aunt	Frances (Fannie) WHYBROW	1873	Gympie, Queensland, Australia	1949	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	76
Uncle	Frederick Francis DENSLEY	1863	Bath, Somerset, England	1917	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	54
Uncle	Jack JENKINS
Aunt	Mary Jane WHYBROW	1875	Queensland, Australia	1887	Queensland, Australia	12
Aunt	Letitia Mary WHYBROW	1877	Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	84
Uncle	John WOTHERSPOON	1876	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1954	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	78
Uncle	George Henry ROBERTS	1870	Berkshire, England	1952	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	82
Aunt	Elizabeth (Bessie) WHYBROW	1879	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	82
Uncle	Donald Angus MCPHERSON	1875		1933	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	58
Uncle	James John WHYBROW	1880	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1895	Queensland, Australia	15
Aunt	Catherine WHYBROW	1882	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1882	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Elizabeth Caroline DENSLEY	1891	Queensland, Australia	1968	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	William Edward DENSLEY	1892	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Rose Annie DENSLEY	1894	Queensland, Australia	1972	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Florence Maude DENSLEY	1897	Queensland, Australia	1988	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Emily Martha DENSLEY	1899	Queensland, Australia	1988	Moree, NSW, Australia	89
Cousin	Edith May DENSLEY	1901	Queensland, Australia	1987	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	Frederick Frank DENSLEY	1903	Queensland, Australia	1965	Queensland, Australia	62
Cousin	James George DENSLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1989	Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Arabella Marie Marion DENSLEY	1907	Queensland, Australia	1988	Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Henry DENSLEY	1909	Queensland, Australia	1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Cecil DENSLEY	1912	Queensland, Australia	1990	Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Violet WOTHERSPOON	1896	Queensland, Australia	1968	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	72
Cousin	Samuel WOTHERSPOON	1902	Queensland, Australia	1966	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Charles William WOTHERSPOON	1904	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Alma Ethel ROBERTS	1911	Queensland, Australia	2007	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	96
Cousin	George Henry ROBERTS	1913	Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia	1942	Ambon, Indonesia	29
Cousin	Beatrice May ROBERTS	1915	Queensland, Australia	1996	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Charles Frederick ROBERTS	1917	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Doris Lettita ROBERTS	1920	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Beatrice MCPHERSON	1900	Queensland, Australia	1966	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	66
Cousin	Elizabeth Mary MCPHERSON	1901	Queensland, Australia	1902	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON	1903	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Donald Angus MCPHERSON	1906	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1962	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	56
Cousin	James Henry MCPHERSON	1907	Queensland, Australia	1907	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	William Henry MCPHERSON	1909	Queensland, Australia	1988	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Grace Annie MCPHERSON	1910	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1986	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	76
Cousin	Kathleen Francis MCPHERSON	1912	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Latetia Violet MCPHERSON	1914	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	John Malcolm MCPHERSON	1916	Golden Gate, Normanton, Queensland, Australia	1966	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	50
Cousin	Stella Margaret MCPHERSON	1918	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	2013	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	95
Cousin	Heather Doreen MCPHERSON	1921	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	2019	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	98
Cousin	Gladys Mildred MCPHERSON	1923	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	2008	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	Glen MCPHERSON	1925	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	1994		69
Nephew	Henry Arthur NOTTINGHAM	1919	Queensland, Australia	1973	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	54
Nephew	Harold NOTTINGHAM	1928	Queensland, Australia	1981	Queensland, Australia	53
Nephew	Lawrence Henry QUINN			1930	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Henry Clement (Harry) NOTTINGHAM	1884		1976	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	92
Brother in Law	Edmund Arthur QUINN	1892	Queensland, Australia	1968	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	76
Brother in Law	Charles Laurence HAYLES
Brother in Law	John Leslie WELLS	1898		1967	Queensland, Australia	69
Brother in Law	Daniel Edward O'DONNELL	1893	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Ivy May COX	1905	Queensland, Australia	1987	Queensland, Australia	82

Events in James Henry (Harry) ROWSE (1890 - 1979)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1890		James Henry (Harry) ROWSE was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1906	16	Death of father Henry ROWSE	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	18, 60
1935	45	Married Dorothy FORSYTH	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1946	56	Death of mother Annie Maria WHYBROW (aged 75)	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1979	89	James Henry (Harry) ROWSE died	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18

Note 1: James Henry Rowse in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name James Henry Rowse Birth Date 30 Aug. 1890 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1890 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Henry Rowse Mother Annie Whybrow Page number 22688 Registration Number 004951

Note 2: Obit of wife Henry Rouse Event date: 24/12/1906 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1907/C/836 Mother: Elizabeth Helen Chynoweth Father/parent: James Rouse Townsville Daily Bulletin 23 Dec 1933 ROWSE—In loving memory of Harry Rowse, who was accidentally killed at Bennion's Block, Croydon, Xmas Eve, 1906. (Inserted by his loving wife and family). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 26 Dec 1906 CROYDON. December 25. Mr. Henry Rowse, the manager of Ben- nion's Block, fell down a shaft yesterday morning. He was engaged in fitting in a fresh column in the pump when the ladder gave way and he fell a distance of 60 ft., when the ladder stuck in the shaft. Mr. Rowse's body hit the top of the ladder, which entered the body and held it fast till a rescue party of miners descended. The injured man was brought to the surface, but died shortly after his admittance to the Hospital.

Note 3: James Henry Rowse in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name James Henry Rowse Marriage Date 23 Oct. 1935 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Date 1935 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Spouse Dorothy Forsyth Registration Number 004939 Page number 2932

Note 4: Annie Maria Rowse in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Annie Maria Rowse Death Date 22 Mar. 1946 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1946 Registration Place Australia Father James Whybrow Mother Mary Benson Registration Number 000764 Page number 1959 Mackay - obit Townsville Daily Bulletin 5 April 1946 The death has occurred in Mackay after an illness extending over two years of Mrs. Annie Maria Rowse, re- lict of the late Harry Rowse, mine manager, who was accidentally killed at Benmon's Block, Croydon, in 1906. The deceased was in her 75th. year, of a quiet disposition she made many friends. The couple were married in 1889 at Georgetown and lived in the Gulf country until 1906, when Mrs. Rowse and family made their home at Chillagoe. In 1912 they moved to Townsville. After some years the de- ceased lady moved to Picnic Bay, where she was hostess at Hotel Mag- netic until 1935. Her old friends at Picnic Bay were very dear to her. For some time she made her home again in Townsville, and then moved to Mackay. She was privately laid to rest in Mackay cemetery, the Rev. E. Potter, Methodist Church, officiat- ing at the burial. All seven children survived mourn the loss of a won- derful mother. They are: Harry Rowse, Picnic Bay; Mrs. H. Notting- ham, Townsville; Mrs. E. A. Quinn, Mackay; Mrs. C. L. Hayles, Cairns; Mrs. J. L. Wells, Lithgow; Mrs. D. E. O'Donnell, Brisbane, and Ben, West End, Townsville. There are also eleven grand children and three sis- ters, Mrs. F. Jenkins, Townsville, Mrs. E. McPherson, Bouldercombe, and Mrs. G. Roberts, Mareeba.

Note 5: James Henry Rowse Event date: 05/05/1979 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1979/C/3542 Mother: Annie Maria Whybrow Father/parent: Henry Rowse

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: James Henry Rowse Event date: 05/05/1979 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1979/C/3542 Mother: Annie Maria Whybrow Father/parent: Henry Rowse

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: James Henry Rowse in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name James Henry Rowse Marriage Date 23 Oct. 1935 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Date 1935 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Spouse Dorothy Forsyth Registration Number 004939 Page number 2932

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: James Henry Rowse in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name James Henry Rowse Birth Date 30 Aug. 1890 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1890 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Henry Rowse Mother Annie Whybrow Page number 22688 Registration Number 004951

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